Three highways connect the centers of three towns and
form a triangle. A cell phone company wants to place a
new cell tower so that it is the same distance from the
centers of the three towns. How can the company find
where to place the tower? Explain.

we know that

The circumcenter of a triangle is the point where the perpendicular bisectors of the sides intersect. It is also the center of the circumcircle, the circle that passes through all three vertices of the triangle

The distance of the circumcenter to the vertices of the triangle is equal to the radius of the circle

see the attached figure to better understand the problem

therefore

the answer is

The cell phone company must be place the new cell tower in the circumcenter of the triangle formed by the center of the three towns

step-by-step explanation:

de-gf

hj=3x+20

ji=15x-64

step-by-step explanation:

let

we know that

the y-intercept is the y-coordinate of the point when the value of x is equal to zero

so

the y-coordinate of the point a is the y-intercept

the answer part a) is

the value of y-intercept is

part b) find the slope m

we know that

the value of the slope is equal to

substitute the values

therefore

the answer part b) is

the value of the slope is equal to

the general answer is

the slope is

the value of y-intercept is